The International Fellowships Program was launched with a grant from the Ford Foundation in 2001. The program offered fellowships for post-graduate study to leaders from underserved communities in 22 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Russia.
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) started in East Africa in the year 2000, with a regional secretariat based at the Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) offices, Kampala, Uganda. In order to serve the East African region effectively, the Program opened offices in Kenya and Tanzania in October 2003.
The Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) has been hosting the program in Tanzania, and the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) was the host in Kenya. The Association for Higher Education Advancement and Development (AHEAD) was hosting the program in Uganda.
IFP Tanzania has carried out nine (9) successful rounds of selection. A total of 128 alumni is expected to have completed their studies and returned to the country by June 2013.
As Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiņas noted, "IFP's impact has reached far beyond the Fellows...It is reshaping how governments, universities and other scholarship programs are thinking about building diverse and talented leaders committed to our most pressing global issues. And it is proving that leaders from marginalized communities can compete academically in the most challenging environments and return to their home countries to make a difference."
Intended as a decade-long program, IFP now enters its impact and learning phase, focusing on assessing and disseminating the knowledge generated by its groundbreaking model of leadership development.
As part of its mandate, IFP will work to shape policies that open the doors of higher education to a new generation of social justice leaders.
The International Fellowships Program: advanced study opportunities for leaders in social change.
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NUMBER OF TANZANIAN FELLOWS SPONSORED
IN 2001-2010 |
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| Year
2001 : |
10 |
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Year 2002 : |
9 |
| Year
2003 : |
14 |
| Year
2004 : |
0 |
| Year
2005 : |
14 |
| Year
2006 : |
14 |
| Year
2007 : |
16 |
| Year
2008 : |
16 |
| Year
2009 : |
15 |
| Year
2010 : |
19 |
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| Grand
Total : |
127 |
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